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2006 Jun 27
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[PATCH 0/2][HVM] Dynamic MP Table Creation
...tch) extends HVMLOADER so that the tables are created when the guest firmware is loaded. In addition, the guests are not restricted to 1, 2, 4, and 8-way SMP configurations. To do this, a space is allocated inside the ROMBIOS where the old static MP tables were located and marked with a ''___HVMMP'' signature. The modified HVMLOADER searches for this signature and creates the MP tables there. There is enough space for an MP table with enough space for 32 processor entries along with the other static information. With respect to the MP table, the only thing that is dynamically crea...